The year might be winding down, but not before this important economic data comes across our desk. Here's what's on.

While full details are yet to be announced, we know there will be three main elements: a mandatory reservation volume, a gas security incentive, and competitive domestic pricing.

So-called "subscription traps” aren't currently illegal. But now the federal government has announced a plan to ban subscription traps and other hidden fees.

As a technology entrepreneur, I applaud Google’s ambitious plan. But as a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem that all space-racers are responsible for.

With credit to Johnny Cash and his Folsom Prison Blues hit, ‘I hear a train coming – I don’t know when – but all these union issues will send this economy round the bend’.

Imagine President Trump and former Australian Prime Minister Keating ending up on a “unity ticket” on the subject of superannuation!

Recent data has complicated the task of the RBA.  Stronger growth, a resilient labour market, rising house prices and an inflation surprise in the September quarter have taken rate cuts off the table and raised the risk of hikes in 2026.

Trust is not something a company can buy, borrow or barter. It has to be earned, then guarded. Roy Morgan’s latest national survey charts which brands managed that feat in 2025 and which ones fell further behind.

Trump says he's a fan of Australian superannuation and might want it for America. But would that even work? Did it even work in Australia?